HR 3747
114th Congress
House
Education
Administrative remedies
Debt collection
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Student aid and college costs
Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2015
Introduced: October 9, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 4, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Oct 9, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 9, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2015
This bill limits the amount offset (i.e., withheld) from an individual's Social Security benefit payments to repay a defaulted federal student loan to the amount by which such Social Security benefit payments exceed $9,000 annually (i.e., $750 monthly), adjusted for inflation.
Currently, the federal government may offset certain Social Security, railroad retirement, or black lung benefit payments to repay an individual's nontax federal debts, but the amount offset is limited to the amount of federal benefit payments that exceeds $9,000 annually, unadjusted for inflation.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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